There are two contrasting opinions about Russia’s pharmaceutical market. A common sight on Russian-speaking forums across Europe is requests to find Russian medicines and alternative cures — or at least their local equivalents — from expats who are convinced it will solve their problem. At the opposite extreme are people inside Russia suffering from serious chronic illnesses who try to get imported medication through whatever means necessary. They are convinced that any Russian-made drug, even one produced under license, is no better than “fuflomycin” — a quack cure. I fall into this second group. I remember racing through Belarus, trying to reach the nearest pharmacy on the Polish side before an anaphylactic shock killed me. The allergy medicine I’d bought in Moscow — supposedly identical to the one I take in Serbia — didn’t work at all.
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